My uncle in London convinced me to stop renewing my US passport

He said "you're paying $130 every 10 years to a country you haven't lived in since 2015" and honestly he was right. I just let mine expire last month and I'm not even sad about it. Has anyone else dropped one citizenship just to simplify taxes?

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gray_morgan2h ago

Yeah but are you sure about this? I get the tax thing but renouncing US citizenship is a whole different level than just letting a passport expire, they make you go through this whole process and pay a fee if you actually want to give it up. My cousin did it after moving to Germany and he said it took over a year and he still has to file taxes for a few more years as a "covered expatriate" or whatever that means. Did your uncle mention any of that or is he just talking about not renewing the passport?

logan52518m agoMost Upvoted

Honest to god the exit tax was worse than I expected.